Improved washing and wkinging-maceine



GEORGE W. KINTZ, OF 4VWEST HENRIETTA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 76,924, dated April 21, 1'868.

IMPROVED WASHING AND WRINGING-MAGHINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. KITZ, of West Henrietta, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Washing and wringing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the-accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front view, and I Figure 2 a longitudinal section.

My invention consists in constructing the bed and rubber with conical corrugated rollers, standing in opposite directions, so as to produce a crimping of the cloth in working, and with interma-tening rollers, givingaI graduated degree of pressure in wringing, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, A represents the bed, B the rubber, and C a double-jointed arnnconneeting. therein, the

latter being .changeable to diierent positions in the bearing a; or, preferably, instead of this connection, an eye, w, of the rubber may run up on a rod, c, of the bed, as shown.

The bed is provided with a series of conical rollers, I) I), E E E E, the extremes, D D, being plain, while the intermediate ones, E E, are ribbed or corrugated, as shown at b I), iig. l.

The rubber is also provided with two cylindrical 'plain rollers Izl H on one side, and two corrugated conical rollers E E', similar to E E on the other.

The conical rollers E ofthe bed and Eof the rubber point in opposite directions, ats-shown.

Between the rollers of the bed areA placed vertical ribs eZ cl, leaving alittle space at the bottom'for the escape of the water. Between-the corrugated rollers ofthe rubber are also placed curved scoops ff.

The actionv of the washing-arrangement above described is as follows: The clothes are placed upon the bed and the rubber worked over them'. The tendency ot' the conical rollers of the bed is to work the clothes one way, and the tendency of the. conical rollersotthe rubber to work them the other way. This is caused by the angular rolling of the rubber ou the bed, by the contact ofthe large ends of one set of the rollers with the small ends of the -other set. This action is such that the grooves ZJ t of both sets of rollers cross each other angularly, and work the clothesup into ine crimps or flutes, thereby making the whole so porous or open that the water can easily penetrate and come in contact with every port-ion of the cloth.

Simple, plain, cylindrical, or even conical rollers will not accomplish this same eilect; for, though the side action may be attained by tho latter, the crimping eil`cct'cannot be attained without combining the .corrugations -of the rollers with cone shape. This effect I claim to be novel 'in my machine.

The ribs eZ serve to retain the waterin contact with the rollers, and also serve as rubbers to assist the action ofthe rollers. The scoopsf, by their concave form, servo to draw up the water in the back action ofthe rubber, and also serve as rubbers in conjunction with rollers E E. v

Near thc upper cnd of the bed is situated a large roller, G, preferably made of rubber. This roller is employed ,in conjunction with rollers II l-I for a wringer, as follows: The rubber is raised suiiciently to allow the placing ofthe clothes upon the large roller. The rubber is then pressed down upon the clothes with the two rollers H H striding the roller G, and the clothes are then drawn through, effectually expressing the water'. The peculiar position of the rollers facilitates the action, for the inner roller H stands a greater distance from G than the outer one, thereby giving the initial pressure and removing the great weight of water, while the outer roller then, by its closer pressure, finishesthe action. 1 i

Bearings I I are secured to the sides of the waslrboards, both at top and bottoni, those at the top resting' on the edge ot the tub to support the board, and those at the bot-toni resting against the inside ofthe tub to stay it. i

I do not claim broadly a hand-rubber combined wit i a wash-board, as I am aware that the same has been used in many cases; neither do I claim broadly a wringcr combined wtha washingmachine; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combined Washing and wringing-machine, hiving the conical crimping-rollers E 13h-standing in opposite directions to produce a. crimping of the cloth, and provided with the intermediate ribs and scoops d, j', and having the wringing-rollers G, H H so arranged as to intermatch und graduate the pressure, the whole operating as described, and for the purpose specified.

In Witness whereof,` I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

i GEO. W. KINTZ.

Witnesses: i

R. F. Oseoon, J. A. DAVIS. 

